Sanders, E. T. W., & Reed, P. L. (1995). An investigation of the possible effects of an immersion as compared to a traditional program for african american males. Urban Education [H.W. Wilson – EDUC], 30, 93. A study examined differences over time between male elementary students who attended the African-American… read more
Rising skill levels and declining labor force status among African American males
Bates, T. (1995). Rising skill levels and declining labor force status among african american males. The Journal of Negro Education, 64(3), 373. Steadily rising levels of educational attainment typify young African Americans in recent decades. Data is presented and analyzed showing that downwardly mobile white workers are increasingly displacing blue-collar… read more
The transition from school to jail: Youth crime and high school completion among black males
Merlo, A., & Wolpin, K. I. (2015). The transition from school to jail: Youth crime and high school completion among black males. European Economic Review, 79, 234-251. In this paper, we study the relationship among schooling, youth employment and youth crime. The framework, a multinomial discrete choice vector autoregression, provides… read more
Exploring Challenges That Threaten to Impede the Academic Success of Academically Underprepared BlackMales at an HBCU
Palmer, R. T., Davis, R. J., & Hilton, A. A. (2009). Exploring challenges that threaten to impede the academic success of academically underprepared black males at an HBCU. Journal of College Student Development, 50(4), 429-445 Historically, education has played a central role in the lives of Blacks. Although Blacks continue… read more